M.Sc. Lecture/Exercise IT-Management

The course is a module consisting of a lecture and a corresponding exercise.

Modul number: 04WI2017

Please read all sections especially carefully if you plan to attend the course.

Below some information about the course is highlighted. An additional Course Information document will be provided in the course community on OLAT and MS Teams. Registration via KLIPS is mandatory. Please, note the following course characteristics:

• The lecture will be every Wednesday from 10:15 (sharp) - 11:45 a.m. in room G310.

• Each week there will be exercises that will grant you a number of points. At the end of the lecture, with >= 50% of the exercise points, you are allowed to register for the examination in KLIPS.

• You have to register in OLAT (OpenOlat - Norbert Frick - IT-Management 2024 - 0442017 - Norbert Frick - IT-Manage (vcrp.de)) for the course in order to take part in the exercises. The password to register for the course will be published during the first session of ITM (17.04.2024).

• You have to complete at least one of the first two exercises by 14.05.24 to be accepted in KLIPS to the course. Otherwise, your registration for the course in KLIPS will be denied.

Further organizational Issues

• We will discuss at the end of each week (Fridays, 15:00 c.t. (15:15 sharp)) in Microsoft Teams the current exercise and talk about the previous exercise and its solution.

• The meetings will be recorded and made available in MS Teams.

• The lecture material (slides) and further announcements are available for download in OLAT.
  

• The exam date is still tba. Depending on the number of students registering for the exam, there will be several groups. The registration for the exam will open in July (exact date still tba).

Lecture

Time/Room

Start of the lecture: 17.04.2024

Room: G310

Participants / Requirements (recommendation)

Master's students with fundamental prior knowledge about business administration (according to Modulhandbuch)

Lecturer

Assessment and Grading (Lecture Course)

The time for the exam will be published in due time in OLAT/ the MS Teams community (see below).

Credit Points

• Lecture Course (2 SWS): 3 credit points

• Exercise (2 SWS): 3 credit points

• Total (4 SWS): 6 credit points

Description

In nowadays business IT has become more than a mere administrative service that supports and maintains the technological infrastructure. IT is a critical success factor for many new and old business models that aim to gain a competitive advantage in their respective market. Accordingly, the management of IT has gained a significant strategic impact on the performance of companies and organizations. 

The course IT-Management aims to enable graduates to analyze IT-Management scenarios. In the course we discuss the strategic background, evaluate different disciplines in IT-Management (e.g. IT-Architecture, IT-Project Management) and have a look at current IT-Management solutions. The course content provides means and directions for future IT professionals (e.g. CIOs) to make decisions about technical architectures, operational scenarios and the organization of IT-Management projects.

Content of the lectures

• IT-Strategy

• IT-Governance

• Strategic IT-Management

• Operational IT-Management

• IT-Architecture Management

• IT-Portfolio Management

• Requirements Engineering

• IT-Project/ IT-Programme Management

• IT-Service Management

• IT-Risk Management

Learning Objectives

On completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Understand and explain relevant areas of IT-Management

• Describe and apply the concepts, theories, methods and models taught in the course

• Follow a methodical approach to the evaluation of solutions for IT-Management

• Critically discuss the pros and cons of IT-Management concepts and solutions

Case Study Method

Participants adopt the role of an IT professional to solve concrete case scenarios of real-world organizations. The scenarios are presented in case studies. During the sessions the participants will discuss different courses of action to solve the given problem scenario. Subsequently, the solution will be introduced and explained. By that, the participants learn to analyse a given IT-Management scenario, to identify potential problems and to develop possible solutions.

The lecture will mainly be held in the form of a dialogue. 

Literature and Material

All materials (if electronically available) will be uploaded and made accessible on OLAT/ MS Teams. 

Please note: The course language will be English.

Exercise / Seminar

Time/Room

Start of the exercise: 26.04.2024

Room: The exercise will be online, every Friday, 15:00 c.t. (15:15 sharp), in MS Teams! See the course overview (timetable) for the exact exercise dates. Note: all meetings will be recorded and available in our MS Teams community!

Sessions, Enrolment and Attendance

The exercise sessions will be held online via MS Teams.

Information about the exercise will mainly be shared through the MS Teams Community. There you will also find further information about mandatory attendances.

Lecturers

What do I have to do to participate in the course?

In order to participate in the course this semester, access to the collaboration platform MS Teams is required. Materials such as lecture and exercise materials (screencasts, PDFs, ...) or announcements as well as communication between lecturers and students take place in a workspace on MS Teams.

Please read the following steps carefully:

1. Register in KLIPS for lecture AND exercise.
   
   

2. If you have registered for the lecture and exercise in KLIPS, please wait. You will be added to the course workspace on MS Teams by the lecturers.